Women smokers are at a greater risk than at any time in recent decades from lung cancer and other ailments linked to their tobacco use, according to a study.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic police in the capital have begun a serious crackdown on coaches that are operating illegally around major stations to cheat passengers, ahead of the Tet festival which falls on February 10.

Phu Quy wind farm opens; Exports soar 43 percent in January; Real estate absorbs 23 percent of FDI; Cell phone buying energy not as strong as expected; Sanyo layoffs part of wider unemployment problem

VietNamNet Bridge - Famous singers and actresses performed the special collection designed by Ly Quy Khanh at the Dep Fashion Show 11 in HCM City on January 24.

The amended Anti-Corruption Law will take effect from February. However, the standing agency – the Central Commission on Internal Affairs cannot operate immediately.

VietNamNet Bridge – Students find literature a boring subject, while teachers feel tired of teaching because there is no room for their creativeness.

VietNamNet Bridge – Chinese businessmen have been going to every corner in the Vietnamese land to collect all the things that Vietnamese think are useful and throw away, thus raising doubts about the machinations behind this.

VietNamNet Bridge - Following “The Voice 2012” for adults, Cat Tien Sa Company and the Vietnam Television (VTV) will organize a similar reality show for children from 9 to 15 years old, named “The Voice Kids”.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam, signed on January 27, 1973 marked an outstanding historical period and the peak of Ho Chi Minh era diplomacy,

VietNamNet Bridge - Answer the questions of National Assembly deputies at the hearing on January 24, Minister of Construction--Trinh Dinh Dung, affirmed that removing difficulties for the real estate market is very difficult.

President urges greater judicial reform; Paris Agreement signing marked in France, Vietnam, Singapore boost defence ties; India’s Republic Day celebrated in HCM City

According to reports of enterprises, the lunar New Year (Tet) bonus this year increases from last year. In particular, the highest Tet bonus belongs to a company in the southern province of Dong Nai, with VND650 million ($32,000).

VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of business associations have proposed to set up the corporate income tax rate at lower than 23 percent, the threshold suggested in the draft tax law.

Vietnam’s consistent position on East Sea-related issues, is that they should be resolved by peaceful means in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

VietNamNet Bridge – Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong on January 23 arrived in London to pay an official visit to the UK at the invitation of Prime Minister David Cameron.

VietNamNet Bridge – On the morning of January 23, at the Hanoi Exhibition House, 29 Hang Bai, the exhibition "Celebrating 40 years of the date of signing the Paris Agreement on Vietnam" opened.

If last year VPF had up to 10 sponsors for the TV rights royalty, this year, it has just found two sponsors, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Dong Tam Long An, and sought only VND10 billion for TV rights royalty for the V-League 2013.

Inspectors and auditors investigated Vinashin and Vinalines for many times without detecting any problems. When corruption was detected, why are the responsibility of inspectors and auditors not considered?

Most Vietnamese IT firms say they would not be foolish enough to get involved in the projects under the mode of private public partnership (PPP) until the legal framework on PPP is set up.

HCM City authorities to Various departments under the Party Committee, People’s Committee and Labor Union in Ho Chi Minh City, met on January 22 to discuss ways to support workers celebrate the coming Tet Festival.

VietNamNet Bridge – The tour guides have never attended any training courses before. However, they still can work well when receiving tourists to their homeland, Sa Pa.

To preserve and promote the art of Chau van singing, the French Cultural in Ha Noi and Viet Nam’s Chau van Singing Preservation Club recently organized a two-night Chau van singing performance, drawing much attention from the public.

Not only Quoc Cuong Gia Lai Group which has been associated with the nickname “Cuong dollar,” but many other conglomerates have also astonished the public when reporting profits after many quarters of taking loss.

The Ho Cong cave, located on the peak of Xuan Dai Mountain in Vinh Ninh commune, Vinh Loc district, Thanh Hoa province, in central Vietnam, is the home to ancient poems carved on the cliff by many kings and authors in the past.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The fifth ASEAN Student Sports Games will take place in Hanoi from June 22-30.